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Redmond Releases 'Orcas' Beta, Plans More Developer Tools

Beta 1 of "Orcas," the next version of Visual Studio is now available to the Skittles and Mountain Dew crowd. Microsoft has a few other tools in the works for developers, as well.

Posted by Lee Pender on April 20, 2007


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